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Tag: Mr. X

Articles

So…you need a humanoid robot in your film? What are your options?

Posted onNovember 10, 2021November 25, 2021

The VFX supervisor of ‘Finch’ outlines the considerations made in bringing Tom Hanks’ robot companion to life.

VFX Insight

The secrets behind specialist jobs in animation and VFX

Posted onAugust 13, 2021October 7, 2021

A breakdown of some of the key specific industry roles, from industry pros.

Articles

‘That blow-up crab is one of the best things that happened to me in my career’

Posted onMarch 27, 2021April 22, 2021

The visual effects crew behind the VFX Oscar-nominated ‘Love and Monsters’ reflect on the film.

Articles

How to make a magic witch blast

Posted onMarch 24, 2021March 25, 2021

Behind MR. X’s visual effects for ‘WandaVision’.

Articles

Shotmakers: the DMP behind this MR. X scene in ‘Raised by Wolves’

Posted onFebruary 11, 2021February 14, 2021

A breakdown of a single shot from the show.

Articles

Everything you need to know about making the monsters of ‘Monster Hunter’

Posted onJanuary 25, 2021April 22, 2021

The MR. X team breaks down their detailed creature work.

Articles

Monster molding for ‘Come Play’

Posted onDecember 9, 2020December 10, 2020

MR. X on the combination of practical and digital for the creature Larry.

Articles

The VFX of ‘Raised by Wolves’—Part 3

Posted onOctober 9, 2020October 12, 2020

Spoiler alert: Bringing a new baby into a new (alien) world.

Articles

The VFX of ‘Raised by Wolves’—Part 1

Posted onOctober 7, 2020October 8, 2020

How they made Mother fly, and blow people apart.

Articles

The planning process for period VFX

Posted onAugust 27, 2020August 30, 2020

Breaking down how it worked on ‘The Alienist: Angel of Darkness.’

Articles

‘Medical websites, bullet hits and blast wounds – it’s pretty horrific’

Posted onJuly 24, 2020August 2, 2020

UPDATED with VFX breakdown: ‘The Old Guard’ VFX supervisor Sara Bennett on what it took to make immortal mercenaries.

Articles

Go behind the scenes with ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’

Posted onOctober 25, 2019May 15, 2020

Mr. X breaks it down.

Scary Stories CG
Articles

How practical and CG combined to tell some seriously ‘Scary Stories’

Posted onAugust 20, 2019May 23, 2020

The role of VFX in bringing this deathly tale to life.

Hellboy VFX
Articles

The evolution of a VFX scene

Posted onAugust 7, 2019May 23, 2020

How Hellboy’s epic fight against 3 giants came to be.

American Gods Breakdown
Articles

Breaking Down Four Big Scenes from ‘American Gods’

Posted onApril 10, 2019May 17, 2020

Season 2 is even crazier than Season 1.

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